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2008-01-30x86: turn the check_exec function into function thatArjan van de Ven
What the check_exec() function really is trying to do is enforce certain bits in the pgprot that are required by the x86 architecture, but that callers might not be aware of (such as NX bit exclusion of the BIOS area for BIOS based PCI access; it's not uncommon to ioremap the BIOS region for various purposes and normally ioremap() memory has the NX bit set). This patch turns the check_exec() function into static_protections() which also is now used to make sure the kernel text area remains non-NX and that the .rodata section remains read-only. If the architecture ends up requiring more such mandatory prot settings for specific areas, this is now a reasonable place to add these. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: fix NX bit handling in change_page_attr()Huang, Ying
This patch fixes a bug of change_page_attr/change_page_attr_addr on Intel i386/x86_64 CPUs. After changing page attribute to be executable with these functions, the page remains un-executable on Intel i386/x86_64 CPU. Because on Intel i386/x86_64 CPU, only if the "NX" bits of all three level page tables are cleared (PAE is enabled), the corresponding page is executable (refer to section 4.13.2 of Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual). So, the bug is fixed through clearing the "NX" bit of PMD when splitting the huge PMD. Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: change cpa to pfn basedIngo Molnar
change CPA to pfn based. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: keep the BIOS area executableIngo Molnar
keep the BIOS area executable. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: add PG_LEVEL enumThomas Gleixner
this way PG_LEVEL_1GB will be an easy change. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: clean up arch/x86/mm/pageattr.cIngo Molnar
do some leftover cleanups in the now unified arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c file. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: re-add clflush_cache_range()Ingo Molnar
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: unify pageattr_32.c and pageattr_64.cIngo Molnar
unify the now perfectly identical pageattr_32/64.c files - no code changed. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>